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Walking into the jam-packed Schuetzen Park ballroom this past Wednesday night closely resembled the feel that area boxing fans enjoyed over thirty years ago.
North Bergen, made more popular by producer Ron Howard’s movie, "Cinderella Man", for being the home of the late world heavyweight champion James J. Braddock , also served as a hotbed for club show boxing during the 1970’s. The no longer standing Embassy Theatre was to boxing then, what Philadelphia’s legendary Blue Horizon means to the art and science of pugilism today. [details]
North Bergen, made more popular by producer Ron Howard’s movie, "Cinderella Man", for being the home of the late world heavyweight champion James J. Braddock , also served as a hotbed for club show boxing during the 1970’s. The no longer standing Embassy Theatre was to boxing then, what Philadelphia’s legendary Blue Horizon means to the art and science of pugilism today. [details]